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INDuSTRY & COMMERCEPort adds value for local businessMerius OyOne of the leading contractors retained by Port of Kokkola is the engineering and consulting company Merius Oy, who is busy producing large-scale custom-design and concept planning projects for the Deep Port and Silverstone Port expansion plan, based on the port’s vision over the next decade.One of the main projects overseen by Merius is the port crane modernisation project which began at the start of the port’s new financial year in the spring of 2017. The next crane to arrive will be a 50-ton capacity slewing crane from Germany, via Hanko, which will be positioned in the Silverstone Port.Merius is also currently involved in a portfolio of other major materials- handling projects in Kokkola, including the investment planning and technical consulting installation of the port’s second rail tippler terminal and the half kilometre-long conveyor system surrounding it. Work on the project will commence in 2018.with one end of the conveyor adapted to receive materials such as coal from a ship or rail wagon and the other end adapted to discharge materials. The boom can be extended and retracted, inclined and swung from side-to-side during a continuous materials delivery operation, which evenly distributes materials to either a vessel or a warehouse. The extension, elevation and wing of the boom can be managed by the operator without interrupting the flow of materials.Hannu Sarja, Managing Director & CEO, Merius OyInvestment planning and technical consulting on the design and building of a mobile boom conveyor system which can be transferred between any of Kokkola’s three harbours will also be a major project for 2018/19. The system will be mounted on an extensible boom of a wheeled vehicleThe mobile boom system is designed to convey 700 tons of71HANDBOOK & DIRECTORY PORT OF KOKKOLAMerius Oy